Q: What drove the development of Alliance Healthcare Systems?

A: AHS is the outgrowth of Alliance Radiology Consultants, P.A. It was developed in response to the needs and demands of specialized healthcare delivery and effective management. It realized that a potent parent organization was needed to upgrade collections from third party payors, to improve revenue management, and to pursue consolidated system development strategies with market strength.

Q. What can Alliance Healthcare Systems offer a physician's practice?

A: As a larger management services entity, we provide top-of-the-line professional management, financial services, recruiting and placement of personnel, centralized purchasing, and a full complement of state-of-the-art radiological services. AHS can negotiate adequate reimbursement and prompt pay schedules. We can provide marketing and development for physician practices in conjunction with other partners, thus managing costs more effectively and increasing revenues more aggressively.

Q. Where are Alliance Healthcare Systems entities located?

A: AHS is a Houston, Texas based organization with three regional medical center locations, an executive headquarters and two management operation sites for revenue management and finance. Our Northern location is at the Conroe Medical Center and our Southern sites are in Pasadena at the Bayshore Medical Center and Triumph Hospital in Channelview.

Q. Why might someone partner with Alliance Healthcare Systems?

A: With capable management, carefully selected partnerships, joint-ventures and state-of-the-art services in all areas (non-medical, radiological, and other specialties), AHS plans to become the region's pre-eminent provider of medical imaging and allied clinical fields as well as overall business administration and management consulting.

Q. How are Alliance Healthcare Systems being developed?

A: Through alliances, either by mergers, joint ventures, and other affiliations with quality radiology practices, other physician practice groups, and related business entities. Expanding practice contracts are being developed with HCA and Triumph Hospitals. All AHS system affiliates interact with radiology services and can partner in multiple clinical and management settings.

 



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